Contents

Facilitator/Instructor

The class will be facilitated by Reverend Mik, who uses a combination of Socratic method, class/audience participation, and role-play scenarios in order to help people understand what the subject means and does not mean.

Schedule

Anarchy 101 is a recurring event, currently scheduled for Fridays from 19:00 to 21:00 in the Church room at Noisebridge.

Session 1

Session One will be February 1st.

We will be going over the responsibilities of the facilitator/instructor, the responsibilities of the participants, and some basic guidelines regarding process and behavior within the class.

What is government? (and why it always always good, besides "because the government says so")

the function of government

a brief evaluation of whether government actually achieves these functions

If we have time we will also go over the concept of a bureaucracy and what the theoretical purpose of a bureaucracy is, and what is the current empirical purpose of a bureaucracy.

Session 2

Session Two is scheduled for February 8th. After the 16-page essay test on last week's class, we will be discussing:

Forms of government

Structures of government

The Perfect Form of Government

(Following the fight, we will discuss concepts of pacifism and no-violence)

Who?

Anyone is welcome to attend as many or as few sessions as they like, regardless of

prior experience in social sciences or political activism

current employment within the government

subservience to any other political or social ideology

However, forming a logical argument, keeping an open mind, and maintaining intellectual honesty and ethics are strongly encouraged.

Where?

If you have to ask this question, you haven't been paying attention.

Why?

It has been brought to Reverend Mik's attention (and that of several members and regular users) that the term "anarchy" is being used improperly. Rather than ascribe negative motivations for this misuse of the term, Reverend Mik chose to assume that it was a question of a lack of education or information and volunteered to teach this class.